North Mesa
North Mesa rises to 2,254 m in New Mexico. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Street Playlot, a park 0.6 miles away. Jemez Mountain Trail passes 5.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q49057368, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,254 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 6.4 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 24.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 14.4 mi off the High Road to Taos
Overlooks nearby
- Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint · 8 mi
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 19 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 19 mi
- Cross of the Martyrs Hill · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nexus: 0.7 mi
- Post Office Bald Eagle: 0.9 mi
- Oppenheimer and Groves: 0.9 mi
- LANB sculpture: 0.9 mi
- Lucky: 1.0 mi
- Barranca Mesa: 0.8 mi
- South Mesa: 1.5 mi
- Thanksgiving Rock: 2.1 mi
- Guaje Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Mesita de Los Alamos: 2.6 mi
- Pierotti's Clowns: 0.9 mi
- Los Alamos Education Group Monument: 1.0 mi
- Peggy Pond Church: 1.0 mi
- Los Alamos High School Memorial Garden: 1.3 mi
- John F Kennedy Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Pine Street Playlot: 0.6 mi
- Los Pueblos Park: 1.4 mi
- Kiva: 1.4 mi
- Main Gate Park: 2.6 mi
- Fire Station Fountain: 6.7 mi
- Alcove: 6.4 mi
- The Narrows: 6.6 mi
- Amphitheater: 6.8 mi
- Alcove House: 7.3 mi
- Exchange Hotel Complex Historic Site: 13.4 mi
- Hans Bethe House: 0.8 mi
- Los Alamos History Museum: 0.9 mi
- San Ildefonso Pueblo Museum: 10.0 mi
- Bond House Museum: 13.6 mi
- Poeh Cultural Center: 15.9 mi
- Pine Spring: 4.4 mi
- Armstead Spring: 6.1 mi
- American Spring: 6.3 mi
- Apache Spring: 7.1 mi
- Doe Springs: 8.2 mi
- Ponderosa Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Camp May: 5.7 mi
- Ampitheater Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Las Conchas Picnic Ground: 13.9 mi
- Water Canyon pour-off: 9.1 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 11.5 mi
- Gates of Hell: 15.7 mi
- Bear Jump: 16.9 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 20.9 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 0.9 mi
- White Rock Community Garden: 6.6 mi
- Colonia Prisma Community Garden: 23.1 mi
- Railyard Community Garden: 24.3 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 9.2 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 9.4 mi
- Jemez Falls: 18.3 mi
- Rio en Medio Falls: 24.7 mi
- New Mexico Wildlife Center: 15.9 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 23.0 mi
- Spence Hot Spring: 18.9 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 19.7 mi
- Rendija Arch: 2.5 mi
- Buckman: 8.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of North Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Ridge | NW 307° | 3,558 m | 10.8 mi |
| Chicoma Mountain | NNW 328° | 3,517 m | 9.3 mi |
| Polvadera Peak | NNW 332° | 3,419 m | 13.0 mi |
| Cerro Toledo | NW 311° | 3,323 m | 10.5 mi |
| Caballo Mountain | NW 317° | 3,200 m | 5.7 mi |
| Pajarito Mountain | W 266° | 3,176 m | 5.9 mi |
| Cerro Rubio | WNW 301° | 3,169 m | 6.9 mi |
| Cerros del Abrigo | WNW 284° | 3,148 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:16 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 34 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Alamos, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357606151
Day trips start here
- Bandelier National Monument · 8 mi
- Española · 15 mi
- Pojoaque · 15 mi
- Chimayó · 22 mi
- Santa Fe · 24 mi
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